David Michael Announces the Addition of Two New Members to Their Strategic Alliance Advisory Board

Philadelphia, PA (PressExposure) April 14, 2011 -- David Michael & Co. is pleased to announce that Nancy Fogg-Johnson, Ph.D. and John Stanton, Ph.D. have joined the Strategic Alliance Advisory Board (S.A.A.B.).

Earning a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Food Science from Kansas State University, Nancy currently works as a Principal at Technology and Business Ventures, Inc. and is a founder of Nutri+Food Business Consultants, a consortium of consultants. Prior to forming NFBC, Nancy was Executive Vice President of Administration at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. She held two vice-president positions at Bayer Corporation with the responsibility for marketing, market research, medical affairs, strategic planning, regulatory affairs and acquisitions and licensing for North America. Before joining Bayer, Nancy served as Vice President Basic Science at Campbell Soup and Vice President Research Development and Quality Assurance for the Grocery Company of Nabisco Brands.

A 30 year food industry veteran, John has a Ph.D. in Quantitative Methods and Marketing from Syracuse University. He is currently professor and chairman of the food marketing department at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. John has served as Vice President of Marketing for Melitta, an international coffee company, and worked in Germany for Tengelmann, one of the world's largest food retailers and owner of A&P in the USA. He was formerly director of research of an advertising agency, and has consulted for many nationally known food companies including Campbell Soup Company, Procter & Gamble, Acme, Kroger, Frito-Lay and Kellogg's.

As members of the Strategic Alliance Advisory Board, Nancy and John will assist with the mission to strengthen current corporate partnerships and develop, cultivate and nurture new, mutually rewarding strategic alliances with food and beverage manufacturers throughout North America.

Family-owned and operated since 1896, David Michael & Co. has been a leader and an innovator in the food flavor industry for more than one hundred years. David Michael offers a comprehensive line of over 40,000 flavors, stabilizers and natural colors, which can be custom-designed to meet the needs of virtually any food product. With its global headquarters in Philadelphia, PA, David Michael also has facilities in Northbrook, IL, San Bernardino, CA, and internationally in Lerma, Mexico (David Michael de Mexico SA de CV), Valence, France (David Michael Europe, S.A.S.) and Beijing, China (David Michael (Beijing) Flavor Co. Ltd.).